Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085508602 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,575

06085508602 is a census tract in Sunnyvale, CA. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 27% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 57% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units2,602

Renter share78.0%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$169,340

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.3728, -122.0289 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyvale scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sunnyvale

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$3,253 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sunnyvale

3.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sunnyvale

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sunnyvale

3.3

How Sunnyvale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

9%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

8.3%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
5.4%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
19.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $3,253, close to the Sunnyvale average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $169,340.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085508602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508602?

Census tract 06085508602 in Sunnyvale scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06085508602?

Median gross rent is $3,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508602?

8.8% of residents in tract 06085508602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,575.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 6th, minority 71th, housing 68th.

What share of households in tract 06085508602 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085508602 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085508602 scores 7.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Sunnyvale at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunnyvale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sunnyvale

Top eight tracts in Sunnyvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.